After a nightmare 2014 season, Mason Williams has been called up to the Yankees' MLB roster. While it may have been a matter of several players getting injured, Williams certainly deserves his promotion.
Less than a year ago, Baseball Prospectus evaluator Tucker Blair went to see Mason Williams, then a member of the Double-A Trenton Thunder. In his scouting report, Blair didn't just give Williams poor marks. He straight up Ether'd the Yankees outfield prospect. Some of the nuggets in the report included the following:
"Lost at the plate; has no plan at all; approach is poor; constantly behind in counts; swinging at pitches outside the zone and getting tied up on pitches grooved in the middle of the plate"
"Williams showed nothing in my viewing.